56 YEARS AGO

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harvester
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56 YEARS AGO

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Just found an old note book from a visit to Leeds and Doncaster on Saturday 10th February 1962 . The following is just the ex LNER pacifics noted :-

A4 60006/7/13/14/15/18/26/28/32

A3 60039/40/43/51/62/69/78/87/97/102/106/107

A1 60117/119/120/125/127/129/139/145/148

A2 60533

A highlight must have been seeing Haymarkets Blenheim and Humorist on the same day but I cannot remember along with lots of other things over the past 50/60 years . A not too clear note looks like the return local train to Leeds Central was worked by 60043 Brown Jack probably on a running in turn after a visit to the Plant
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Re: 56 YEARS AGO

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56 years ago........I wasn't even born :lol:
JASd17
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Well I was not either.

But mention of '97' or 2751 in 'real money', that was always a Doncaster loco before WWII.

60043 last general repair until 3/2/62, a St Margaret's loco by then. So that all fits.

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Re: 56 YEARS AGO

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G'Day Gents

I was only 11, I lost my spotting books many years ago, but at least I can remember the Ex LNER pacific's pounding through Wood Green.............well for the moment :lol:

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If anyone is interested this dvd features about one hours worth of amateur colour film footage of steam hauled expresses tearing along the GN main line during the late 1950s & early 1960s and features A1s A2s A3s A4s B1s L1s Britannias 9Fs & WDs. The film footage was filmed at a number of lineside locations on the outskirts of north London and south Hertfordshire but mainly filmed at Brookmans Park/Hawkshead, Potters Bar & Greenwood with and some film footage shot around the Welwyn viaduct and between New Southgate & Cemetery and south of Hatfield between Hatfield & Redhall.

http://www.transportvideo.com/power-of- ... -547-p.asp

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Re: 56 YEARS AGO

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Another memory from those Leeds Doncaster locals was the articulated stock used especially on the mid morning from Leeds . Probably from the pre war West Riding "streamliner". Although not too popular with us schoolboy train spotters at the time I seem to remember at one end of the carriage there was no drop down door window ( artic end ? ) and one could not look out and get approaching engine numbers or a good view passing the " sheds ".
If we had know of their origin at the time we would certainly have been more impressed and gone more out of our way to ride on them .
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I have a photo of a Leeds-Doncaster local with tourist stock twin open third in the rake. They had a single door almost central in each body side, with toilets at the outer ends, therefore no droplights at either end of each carriage.

John
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